Would I be wasting my time by pointing out to Tinsley that nearly half of that 48% are elderly people living off Social Security? Yes?

That leaves about 24% of struggling poor families many of whom have lingering health problems that they can't afford. But the Republicans don't want to do anything about the healthcare crisis in this country either. They just want to sit around and bitch about the lazy n'er-do-wells sucking off the government teat. Damn I hate Republicans.

I'd be happy to pay more taxes, cuz that'd mean I'm making more money.

I think the 48% would LOVE to be making enough money to have to pay taxes. Let's put the minimum wage back to what it was, adjusted for inflation, during the boom years of our economy, and we'll see more people paying taxes ... because the working poor will have more money to spend!